Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> How can I specify a unicode raw string literal that >> contains a >> single backslash followed by the word "universe"? > > The usual way. > >>>> word = u'\\universe' len(word) 9 word[0] u'\\' word[1] u'u' >>>> print word \universe word u'\\universe'
That doesn't answer my question, since I asked for a unicode RAW string literal. Is this not possible? (I was able to get what I want using ur"\u005Cuniverse", although this is not totally ideal.) -- --OKB (not okblacke) Brendan Barnwell "Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path, and leave a trail." --author unknown -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list